Friday, December 5, 2014

It’s
been a week since all hell broke loose… Rumors of King Taron’s weakened powers have left the
air court vulnerable. Kalin is desperate to awaken her akasha powers, except
she doesn’t know how. Tension within the court is at an all-time high. Pressure
is mounting for her to ascend to the throne, but a halfling has never ruled
over any court. To solidify her position, the council has advised her to marry
Sebastian—a high ranking air elemental she’s never met and her
betrothed.

Will
Kalin sacrifice her relationship with Rowan to strengthen her court?

Rowan
and Marcus return to a fire court in turmoil. Liana’s death has fueled the fire
elementals’ distrust against the air and woodland courts. The unbalanced
elements have set off natural disasters all over the mortal world. Rowan takes
the throne to restore balance, promising to unite the fire court. But not all
elementals are happy with his leadership. Many are secretly loyal to Valac,
which means Rowan needs to find allies for his cause.

Can
Rowan unify the court of fire before the elements destroy the world?

You’re
planning a “cast party” for your books, which of your characters get invited
and who are you hoping doesn’t find out about it because they’re not on the
invite list?

Ha! That's a great question. If I'm having a cast party,
I'd love for Kalin, Rowan, Ariel, and Marcus to attend. I'd leave out the
adults or have a separate party for them. I would hope that Valac and Selene
would lose the invitation.

When you
create a character, do you start with personality or looks? How does that work?

This is a difficult question. The honest answer would be
both. Sometimes I see a picture of a person online, on the street, or in a
magazine and start to imagine what they might be like in person. That can
develop into a character or a story. Other times, I have a story in mind and I
come up with a character that would fit, which is usually personality based.

Where did
you get the idea for the Mortal
Enchantment series?Did it come to
you complete or start with one thing?

I was researching faeries when I kept coming across the word elemental.
I googled the name and happened to stumble upon the sixteenth century works of
an alchemist named Paracelsus. He
identified the four types of elementals, even giving them names. My brain
started spinning with ideas, and eventually, the characters came to life.

Pick any of
your characters and tell us something about them we don’t learn in the books.

Rowan is fascinated with the mortal lifestyle. He's into rock
music, loves pizza, prefers to wear mortal clothes, and has his eyebrow
pierced. The fact that Kalin is half mortal is part of the reason he was
initially attracted to her. If Prisma had been a good queen and he was never
called back to Avalon, I doubt he would have ever returned. He would've given
up immortality to stay in the mortal world.

What’s
happening next for you?Do you have more
books in the works?

I'm currently writing an adult science fiction romance
series about sexy aliens. Think, an adult version of Roswell from the 90's. I also have several series ideas for adult
contemporary romance.I expect I will be
writing at least one book in that genre in 2015. J

Thanks for the great questions, Valerie <3

Thanks Stacey!

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Every
sacrifice has consequences...

Sixteen-year-old Rowan has spent most of his life living among the
mortals--learning to control the element of fire, impatiently awaiting the day
his vengeful mother, Queen Prisma, will abdicate her throne. When he finally
returns to Avalon for his coronation, his mother insists he must first prove
his loyalty to the court by completing a secret mission:

Kill Kalin, the half-human, half-elemental daughter of the air court king.

Willing to do anything to remove his mother from power, he agrees to sacrifice
the halfling. He returns to the mortal world with his best friend, Marcus,
determined to kill the princess. But as he devises a plan, he starts to
question whether or not he's capable of completing such a heinous task. And
what price he will pay if he refuses?

Stacey
O'Neale lives in Annapolis, Maryland. When she's not writing, she spends her
time fangirling over books, blogging, watching fantasy television shows,
cheering for the Baltimore Ravens, and hanging out with her husband and
daughter.

Her career
in publishing started as a blogger-turned-publicist for two successful small
publishers. Stacey writes young adult paranormal romance and adult science
fiction romance. Her books always include swoon-worthy heroes, snarky heroines,
and lots of kissing.

Stacey
loves hearing from readers. Follow her on Twitter @StaceyONeale, look for her
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Sixteen-year-old
Rowan has spent most of his life living among the mortals—learning to control
the element of fire, impatiently awaiting the day his vengeful mother, Queen
Prisma, will abdicate her throne. When he finally returns to Avalon for his
coronation, his mother insists he must first prove his loyalty to the court by
completing a secret mission:

Kill
Kalin, the half-human, half-elemental daughter of the air court king.

Willing
to do anything to remove his mother from power, he agrees to sacrifice the
halfling. He returns to the mortal world with his best friend, Marcus,
determined to kill the princess. But as he devises a plan, he starts to
question whether or not he's capable of completing such a heinous task. And
what price he will pay if he refuses?

“Mortal
Enchantment spins a unique twist on elemental mythology. This series is not to
be missed.”

Jennifer L.
Armentrout, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

In Kalin
Matthew's world, elementals control the forces of nature. They are divided into
four courts: air, woodland, fire, and water. At sixteen she will leave the life
she's built with her mortal mother. Kalin will move to Avalon to rule with her
father—the elemental king of the air court. Along the way, she's attacked by a
fire court assassin and saved by Rowan, a swoon-worthy elemental with a
questionable past.

Worst of all,
she learns her father is missing.

To rescue him,
Kalin will have to work with a judgmental council and a system of courts too
busy accusing each other of deceit to actually be able to help her. But, they
aren’t her biggest challenge. With the Midwinter’s Ball only five days away,
Kalin must take over her father’s duties, which includes shifting control of
the elements—power Kalin has yet to realize.

As Rowan
attempts to train her, a war looms between the four courts. If Kalin fails, her
father will die and the courts will fall, but the betrayal she’s about to
uncover may cost her even more...

I have to say that vampires are still at the top of my list. I love the whole immortal never get sick or old and they are all so good looking lol But angels are becoming very fun for me too, hey they have alot of those qualtities too. I just turned 50 so I think I am yearning for my youth lol